Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193199
- ISBN
- 9780141193199
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937658458
- ISBN
- 9781937658458
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.01
€ 18.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. A Syriac historiographical work dating from the end of the eighth century. It is written from the point of view of a religious dissident, a Monophysite, whose personal experience as a persecuted monk in his native Mesopotamia, as well as his later life in Constantinople, make the History an interesting and unusual source. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; DNF; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237600
- ISBN
- 9780853237600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781252772
- ISBN
- 9781781252772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Public Papers of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations: DAG Ha...
Public Paper Of The Secretaries General
hardcover. Num Pages: 659 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 659
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231038102
- ISBN
- 9780231038102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80
€ 130.80
Hardcover. This volume contains essays that were published by Eric Voegelin from 1922 to 1928. They trace his intellectual formation in the 1920s, exemplify key moments in his career and cover a number of topics ranging from the highly speculative to more pragmatic questions. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214423
- ISBN
- 9780826214423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.40
€ 74.40
Hardcover. This volume of "The Collected Works" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933. They reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism toward a more open philosophical stance. Editor(s): Heilke, Thomas W.; Heyking, John von. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John; Cockerill, Jodi. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214829
- ISBN
- 9780826214829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.01
€ 80.01
Hardcover. The period covered by the essays published in this volume marks the transition in Eric Voegelin's career from Louisiana to Munich. The themes most prominent here reflect the concerns of this transition and the development of Voegelin's understanding of the stratification of reality. Editor(s): Sandoz, Ellis. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212825
- ISBN
- 9780826212825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.04
€ 68.04
Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572350
- ISBN
- 9780099572350
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.18
€ 25.99
€ 19.18
Hardback. Heroic, radical and at times hilarious, Queen Hynde is Ossian with jokes; but Hogg's epic has serious purposes in mind. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609345
- ISBN
- 9780748609345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95€ 110.47
€ 116.95
€ 110.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401708
- ISBN
- 9781474401708
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.27
€ 42.99
€ 35.27
Hardback. Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI in the fifteenth century. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H.; Wood, G.A.M. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 595 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 595
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605798
- ISBN
- 9780748605798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95€ 109.56
€ 116.95
€ 109.56
Paperback. The Victorian artist and activist William Morris travelled to Iceland in search of an answer to the problem of how to live. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; RGL; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749562
- ISBN
- 9781910749562
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.12
€ 13.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780908205042
- ISBN
- 9780908205042
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Describes how the author's mother, as the dean of girls at a high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, "constructed a nostalgic past out of nothing." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330396
- ISBN
- 9780820330396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.84
€ 24.99
€ 21.84
Paperback. No group of writers better represents the problems of Jewish identity than Jewish poets writing in the American modernist tradition - specifically secular Jews: those disdainful or suspicious of organized religion, yet forever shaped by those traditions. This title addresses this often obscured dimension of modern and contemporary poetry. Editor(s): Morris, Daniel; Miller, Stephen Paul. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355630
- ISBN
- 9780817355630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204867
- ISBN
- 9780872204867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.87
€ 19.99
€ 15.87
This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204874
- ISBN
- 9780872204874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.03
€ 50.99
€ 36.03
Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223606
- ISBN
- 9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181812
- ISBN
- 9781859181812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821411643
- ISBN
- 9780821411643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.23
€ 28.23
Paperback. A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085979
- ISBN
- 9781847085979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.74
€ 21.99
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Paperback. Presenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs. It argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change, and deplores the influence the revolution might have in Britain. Editor(s): O'Brien, Conor Cruise. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432046
- ISBN
- 9780140432046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33